Congratulations and thank you Claude! On Wed, Dec 3, 2025, 3:12 PM Shunping Huang <[email protected]> wrote:
> Congratulations, Claude! Well deserved! > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM Riju Kallivalappil via dev < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you and congratulations Claude! >> >> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM Tarun Annapareddy via dev < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Congrats Claude !! Thanks for your contributions. >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM Danny McCormick via dev < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Please join me and the rest of the Beam PMC in welcoming a new >>>> committer: Claude van der Merwe ([email protected])! >>>> >>>> Claude has been contributing to Beam since 2024. During that time, he >>>> significantly improved the Python SDK and Beam's ML offerings, including >>>> authoring the bulk of Beam's embedding primitives. Recently, he completed >>>> our tricky migration to Cloudpickle, a project we'd attempted a few times >>>> before 😅. Beyond code, Claude has pushed Beam forward with his >>>> contributions on the mailing list and talks at Beam Summit [2] and Beam >>>> College. >>>> >>>> Considering his contributions to the project over this timeframe, the >>>> Beam PMC trusts Claude with the responsibilities of a Beam committer. [3] >>>> >>>> Thank you Claude, we are looking to see more of your contributions! >>>> >>>> Danny, on behalf of the Apache Beam PMC >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/sdks/python/apache_beam/ml/rag >>>> [2] >>>> https://beamsummit.org/sessions/2025/introduction-to-the-apache-beam-rag-package/ >>>> [3] >>>> https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer >>>> >>>
